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ECLAC at the COP16 in Colombia: Standing Together for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

25 October 2024 | News

Under the motto of “Peace with Nature,” the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) is taking place from October 21 to November 1, 2024 in Cali, Colombia. This conference – the first to be held since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022 – is bringing together scientists, representatives of government, international organizations, civil society and other key stakeholders to discuss global challenges for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

ECLAC Will Present the First Edition of its Report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 August 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, September 5, 2024, during a web seminar, the first edition of its report Overview of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which presents a new vision of these policies for the region, details the various efforts that Latin American and Caribbean countries have been making, and proposes a series of guidelines and recommendations for scaling up and improving these policies with the aim of achieving more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The new publica…

ECLAC Will Present Updated Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean and Proposals for Increasing It

25 July 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Thursday, August 1, at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) an annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, which provides an overview of how these flows have evolved at a global, regional and national level. This year the publication also proposes a series of guidelines for increasing this kind of investment on a national and subnational scale, as well as for boosting its impact on productive transformation. The document’s main conclusions will be unveiled by José…

The XXXVI Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy will Bring Together Leaders and Experts to Analyse Fiscal Policy Challenges in the Region

3 May 2024 | Announcement

From 6 to 8 May, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the XXXVI Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, a renowned international forum that has brought together leaders, specialists, civil society, and academia for 36 years to discuss fiscal policy challenges faced by countries in the region. Leaders from the Ministries of Finance of 13 countries across the region will participate in the meeting, along with renowned experts from international organisations, academia, civil society organisations and NGOs. The seminar will include presentations by leaders, ac…

ECLAC Will Release Updated Data on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

3 July 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Monday, July 10, at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4) the annual report entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, which provides an overview of the global and regional evolution of FDI and makes recommendations so that these flows can contribute to Latin American and Caribbean countries’ productive development processes. The document’s main conclusions will be unveiled by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a hybrid (in-person and virtual) press …

In 2022, Latin American and Caribbean Bond Issuers Placed their Lowest Annual Amount of International Debt since 2008

28 March 2023 | News

Against a backdrop of higher global interest rates and borrowing costs, total Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) international bond issuance in 2022 was US$ 64 billion, down 57% from 2021 and the lowest annual amount since 2008, according to ECLAC’s latest report on capital flows to the region. Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2022 year-in-review and 2023 early developments provides an overview of the region’s international bond issuances, spreads and credit ratings in 2022 and in the beginning of 2023. This report presents and analyses the main trends and developments concern…

Investment in Strategic Sectors and International Cooperation are Key to the Region’s Development in the Current, Critical Situation

25 October 2022 | News

Representatives of governments and international organizations recognized today the importance of investing in sectors that would promote economic growth, the decarbonization of economies and social inclusion in order to make progress on Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development in the current context of crisis, on the second day of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place through Wednesday, October 26 in Argentina. The day began with the High-level seminar. Panel 3 - Sectoral investment and strategie…

ECLAC Will Update its Growth Projections for Latin American and Caribbean Economies in the Current Year

16 August 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, August 23 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2022: trends and challenges of investing for a sustainable and inclusive recovery, one of the institution’s flagship annual economic reports, in which it takes stock of the region’s economies in recent months and updates its growth estimates for each country in the current year. The document, which has been published periodically by the United Nations regional commission since 1948, sums up the performance of the regional economy in 20…

Experts Reiterate the Importance of Innovation, Technological Development and Public-Private Cooperation for a Green, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery in the Region

8 March 2022 | News

Innovation, technological development and public-private cooperation are essential for a green, inclusive and sustainable recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts gathered today at the SDG Business Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Innovation and Public-Private Cooperation for an Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery, who stressed the importance of forging social compacts between governments, civil society and the private sector with a view to implementing the 2030 Agenda in the region. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib…

Multilateral Banks and OECD View Escazú Agreement as Critical for Creating a Climate of Sustained and Sustainable Investments

8 March 2022 | News

Representatives of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) highlighted today the relevance of the Escazú Agreement as a critical tool for generating certainty and stability in investments, at a side event during the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place th…

Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean is an Opportunity to Reduce Global Asymmetries and Support a Transformative Economic Recovery

13 October 2021 | News

Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean offers an opportunity to reduce global asymmetries and support a transformative, inclusive economic recovery that promotes sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda, affirmed Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the closing session of the II High-Level CELAC-China Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum. “The COVID-19 crisis has deepened global asymmetries between developed and developing countries. This forces us to rethink multilateralism and…

Second CELAC-China Academic Forum Seeks to Strengthen Cooperation between Both to Tackle New Global Challenges

11 October 2021 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, along with authorities, former heads-of-state and distinguished academics, opened the II High-Level CELAC-China Academic Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum. The two-day event will bring together government officials, university experts and international officials from both regions with the aim of exchanging experiences and promoting mutual cooperation to tackle new global challenges and build forward a better future. With sponsorship from Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Aff…

Alicia Bárcena: Foreign Direct Investment is at the Center of the Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan

7 October 2021 | News

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is at the center of the recovery plan in the aftermath of the pandemic, particularly to promote the creation of formal jobs and reactivate economic activity, said Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during a high-level seminar organized by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). The meeting entitled Measuring quality in Foreign Direct Investment: challenges and opportunities brought together distinguished specialists from multilateral organizations such as the Intern…

ECLAC Urges for Strengthening Welfare States and Moving Towards a Care Society for a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability

21 September 2021 | News

To achieve a transformative recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which puts emphasis on investment for equality and sustainability, we must transform the State by restructuring the education and health systems, strengthening welfare states and moving towards a care society, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today during a virtual keynote lecture given at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). ECLAC’s highest authority participated in the 14th National Dialogue for a Social Mexico: Developme…

It is Necessary to Rethink and Recreate Financial and International Cooperation Systems Altogether: ECLAC

12 July 2021 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed today that developing countries and especially middle-income countries (which comprise the majority of the region’s nations) need a liquidity boost and to participate actively in debt relief initiatives. “The developed world is investing to achieve the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a green recovery, but developing countries are being left behind,” the Commission’s highest authority warned during a session entitled Investing in the SDGs, held in the…

ECLAC Will Present New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

30 November 2020 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present this Wednesday, December 2, at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -3:00) its study entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, which examines the global and regional evolution of FDI inflows as well as the contribution of these flows to productive development processes in the region. The main conclusions of this annual report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference carried out from Santiago, Chile. The publication’s first …

Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean Picked Up in 2019, but Credit Quality Declined

19 March 2020 | News

The report Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2019 Year-in-Review, recently released by ECLAC’s Office in Washington D.C., reviews the main 2019 trends in capital flows to the region. According to the study, lowering global interest rates supported Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) bond activity in 2019. Borrowers enjoyed easy financing conditions, as interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank allowed them to issue foreign currency denominated bonds at increasingly low rates. Mexican, Brazilian and Chilean borrowers were the main contributor…

We Must Move Towards a New Vision of Development that is More Innovative, Diversified and Inclusive: Alicia Bárcena

2 March 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to think about development in a different way to move towards a more innovative, diversified and inclusive vision, during a high-level event held today in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the seminar “Challenges for growth and development in Latin America,” organized by CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, in conjunction with the Argentine government. Bárcena participated on a panel about challenges rela…

Mexico Continues to Be One of the Main Investors in Central America, but Its dynamism is Waning

9 December 2019 | News

Mexico’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has increased during the 2009-2017 period in the Central American region, but it has shown less dynamism than the total amount of investment abroad, according to the document Mexican investment in Central America (in Spanish only), published recently by ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. This reduced dynamism suggests that Mexican companies have readjusted their investment strategies, the study indicates. Mexico figures as the second-biggest investor in nearly all Central American countries, with the exception of Panama, where its FDI has been …

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018

16 August 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present its annual report Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 on Thursday, August 23, at 11 a.m. (GMT -5) at the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, in Mexico City. The report, which will provide updated economic growth projections for the countries of the region, will be unveiled at a press conference led by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. The launch will also be transmitted live via the Internet on the institution’s website (www.cepa…

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